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Buggin' Out on Baseball

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 10 / 10
Date: March 28, 2001
Author: Amazon User

In a word: bugs. Way too many of them. They range from minor irritations (the play-by-play announcer and color commentator talking simultaneously) to major league bobbles, like being kicked out of the game and back to the desktop for having the audacity to hit a fly ball to right field. All of this may be and should be fixed in a patch, but right now I'd advise anyone to hold off and save yourself a lot of frustration.

It's too bad. This could have been (and still might be, if the fixes come quickly) a great game. Game play is first rate when it works correctly, and the attention to the strategic details of the game is truly impresssive. Somebody(s) at 3DO clearly know and love baseball. But this year's version has clearly been rushed out of the bullpen without a proper warmup. Wait till the bugs are fixed.

Excellent game with a few glitches.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 14 / 18
Date: April 07, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing baseball games on the computer since the days of Earl Weaver Baseball from EA created by Steve Dombrower. With all of the advances since that day I would like to say I've played a baseball game that puts Earl to shame, I haven't. Yes graphics are excellent but many of the new games seem rely totally on that factor and the fact you can crank homers all day (see Triple Play Series). There is one feature I would love to see incorporated into todays games and that is the stadium editor. It was so fun to create leagues and build stadiums with Earl Weaver, it could be done today but I suppose most of the companies don't want to part with their tools.

That said, High Heat 2002 is a fun game to play and is statistically as sound as any of the other graphics based baseball games around, in fact it is statistically better than any of the graphically based games. There are some annoying bugs that a patch will have to fix and I hope a patch will be released quickly. If you want to play a graphics based baseball game on your computer, this is the one to get, no others come close. I have hopes that someday someone will create a fun to play game with all of the tools that Earl had and with today's technology. I would love that game.

Best PC Baseball Game on the market

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: July 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I highly recommend this game for serious pc baseball players. I played the Triple Play series for 4 years, while EASPORTS has done nothing to improve their product, High Heat has done a great job improving graphics, maintaining an excellent stats interface. I have seen a lot of reviews about their system crashing and other bugs. I run a Athlon 900, 196RAM, and ATI-32MB All-in-Wonder card. The first time I installed the game and ran the update feature, and updated all my drivers nd the game would crash every time. I reinstalled my game without running the update and it runs fine. The only bug I have found so far is if you throw to first base on a pickoff move then press the throw button the first baseman will throw the ball to the catcher, if you press the throw button again(while the catcher has the ball and you don't press the D-pad) the game exits back to Windows. I find the difficulty the best part of the game. When I first started playing I played at the AAA level, after one season I moved up, and so on. I play at the All-Star or MVP levels, winning and losing is realistic and stats are realistic, no .500 avg and 100homers. Overall I highly recommend this game. If you play a custom league with draft you have access to the extra players.

Disappointing

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 24
Date: March 27, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have been waiting months for this game to come out, and the day the local software store got it in I rushed out and bought it right away. I was so excited, I couldn't WAIT to play! Thank god this store has a great return policy on open software.

I am a HUGE fan of High Heat, but this year took a step backwards. The graphics, while improved in some aspects and worsened in others are alright. The animations seem too fast, I liked the "tight" feel of 2001. I also don't like the new blue stat/score boxes in-game. They look blocky and the font is bad.

The sound has really not improved. All of the sounds from 2001 have been carried over to 2002 with the exception of new announcer voices. The Main Menu and Options screens now have varying musical themes following a rock/techno theme, what they have to do with baseball is beyond me.

My main problem is the differences with the difficulty settings. If you play on "Rookie" level you are pretty much going to win no matter what. Bump it up to "Triple A" and it's pretty much the same (I have had 10-16 run innings many times, I even won a game 46-0). So go up one more notch to "Pro" and all of the sudden the computer is pitching one-hitters and nailing every pitch you throw to him no matter how much you switch it up. And what's even more bothersome is that there is 2 more difficulty levels above that! Better balance with the levels would have been a nice touch.

More minor problems include your baserunners with a mind of their own even when you specifically state in the options that you want full control. Announcers saying things at the wrong times or audio being cut off half way through their sentence. I even had the game dump to my desktop right as I hit a game winning homerun before.

I'm not saying that this game is absolutely terrible, I just don't think it was an improvement over 2001 which I belive is one of the best games I have ever played. High Heat 2001 never made me pound on my keyboard or swear at my monitor in frustration....every single game of 2002 did.

*Word of note for anyone who is having a problem with their graphics when a ball is hit into the outfiled. There is a box in the "Preferences" screen right underneath your Video Card selction with a check mark in it. You need to un-check it every time you go into the Preferences screen because for some reason it likes to automatically re-check itself every time you enter Preferences.

Very good but not quite great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Right out of the box this game has a few problems. 1) I was playing the game and I hit the ball into the outfield when all of the sudden the outfield started to warp out and get all fuzzy. I called 3do and they said that it was a problem with my Nvidia geForce 2 ultra card. They had me turn off the AP texturing and it stopped. 2)The play by play is much better then last year, more forcefull and more accurate, however when the stadium announcer is talking and the play by play guys start to talk while the music starts to play what happens is it sounds like they are talking under water and then cuts out. I again called 3do and they told me to do some things and if that did not work try to download new sound card drivers (I have a pentium 4 1.5 ghz system, my drivers are new)It did not work 3) Its bottom of the 8th, the game is tied and I am at the plate with bases loaded and two outs, zzzzzzzzzzzziiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnnngggggggggg, the game kicks me out and straight to my desk top. Another call to 3do and I get a Hhhmmmm. The game has bugs that should have been fixed prior to release and this is very aggrivating to me. Now if you can get through all of that and actually play the game you will be treated to a good game. Graphics are pretty good, and game play is fun. I also enjoyed some of the new features, you can visit the mound if your pitcher is having trouble, it rains, players argue with the umps and can get suspended. When a ball is popped up you see one of the players point to the sky, and game play is very rapid. So is it fun? Well yes it is, it is a very good game that could have been great and still may be when the problems I discussed are fixed. You can either buy this game and get angry as you have fun or you can wait until the bugs are squashed.

Great gameplay, awful bugs...

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 7
Date: October 13, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Most of the reviews I've read say much the same thing, but I'm adding mine to re-inforce the point. I haven't had this for very long, but as far as gameplay is concerned, this absolutely destroys Triple Play. Incredibly realistic, seemingly true-to-life baseball action.

But of course this is my chance to gripe, so here goes...
1)Most importantly, about half the time, the game kicks me out to the desktop in the middle of a game, and this on a Dell Pentium III with a lot of features. Very annoying.
2)If you are playing with a Gravis Gamepad Pro, it won't work with driver v.4.4; I had to re-install back to driver v.4.3. More goofy than anything, but a gripe nonetheless.
3)Both the announcers (both play-by-play and stadium PA) and the music are choppy enough that I've had to turn them off, which is annoying because otherwise they seem very good.
4)The difference between the Triple AAA level and Pro level (the next toughest setting) is quite great when playing the computer. Even when I began playing on Triple AAA I could win 33-5 (when it didn't crash, of course), but on the Pro level it is a bit more difficult.
5)I have to turn off some of the graphic features; if I didn't, my bats, helmets, umpire faces, and a few other features were either solid white or grey. Strange.

A great game with too many problems to recommend totally; if they can give it a patch to keep from crashing so much, I'll give it five stars.

The guys have done it again! Get this!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: March 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

They realized that they didn't need a "name" on the title to sell the product (Last year's edition was "Sammy Sosa High Heat Baseball". This product can stand on it's own, it doesn't need a "name" to sell it. The story goes that Vladimir Guerrero was using last year's version to help time himself against certain pitchers, and 3DO heard about that and put him on the box - if a real player uses the game, shouldn't you?

This is by far the best PC baseball game out there. Are the graphics the best? No, probably not. However, it is the best representation of a "baseball game" you can find on the PC. New stuff this year is great - new camera angles, graphics, sound, animations, manager mound visits, snap throws. It just gets better and better!

One of these days, they might get to "High Heat Virtual Reality Baseball 2038" where you're actually *IN* the game. :) Until we get there, this is about as good as you can get. Get this, you won't be disappointed.

A Great Baseball Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: December 23, 2001
Author: Amazon User

That's the best way I can describe it, just a good solid game. As for the laundry list of problems described by one reviewer, I have to agree with the choppy play by play announcing. Something obviously is wrong with the game itself in that area, but I'm over it. As for the other problems he had, they seem computer related. This game DEMANDS a pretty decent operating system to work up to 100%. Im running Pentium 4 1.6 with a Geforce 3, and it works pretty well, but some effects just dont seem perfect.

The realistic graphics are a real attraction to this game. Also, the game play (hitting and pitching ) are simple, keeping the game fun. I pitched in NCAA Division I, and I can tell you the ball comes off the bat as real as I've ever seen in a video game. Overall, if your looking for a damn good baseball game for your computer, go for this one. Its also got "create your own players" capability which is always a good thing. Take care and enjoy.

High Heat 2002-a close runner-up to 2003....

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

High Heat 2002 is, as far as I'm concerned, the second best pc game on the market.It's a very close second to HH2003. I love all the High Heat games, but 02 and 03 far outshine any of the Triple Play offerings. Triple Play is just OK,and their 2001 game gave me a lot of trouble. I still have it but I hardly ever bother playing it anymore. High Heat 2002 is definitely realistic and easy to play. I'm not a hardcore PC Gamer yet but I do know what the game of baseball is all about, having been a fan And a collector for about 45 years. This game is definitely a keeper.

This game is awesome.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: March 24, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This is the best sports game that i have played. As an all around sports fan (not a die-hard baseball fan) I find this game is a lot of fun. The graphics are awesome and the pitching, batting and fielding just feel right (vs. Triple Play which is all messed up). As a Dodger fan, it was cool to see that Kevin Brown not only has all his real pitches, but his windup looks exactly like real life. The music is great too. Get it.

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